Compromise Reached on No Frills Tax Cut Proposal
Washington AP report says Carter administration and House Democrats agreed on a no frills tax cut of 15 to 20 billion dollars for next year, excluding reform measures and current capital gains reductions. The plan seeks to appease lawmakers while avoiding mandatory reform, with size left to future decision. Carter also declared he will not be legally bound by legislative vetoes, citing concerns over executive branch controls.
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Washington
Carter
House
Democratic
Israel
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Congress
Senate
Capitol Hill
Executive Branch
Rick Neustadt
Stuart Eizenstat
Griffin Bell
White House
Eizenstat
Elliott H. Levitas
Dga
Levitas
Tazewell County approves 4.30 unit levy and 1978-79 budget
The Tazewell County Board of Supervisors cut the unit levy from 4.40 to 4.30 per 100 dollars, foregone revenue about 85000, citing a projected general fund surplus. They also approve a 1978-79 budget of 19.3839 million, a 6.9 percent rise, with school appropriations up 13.4 percent to 76.8 percent of the total. The panel declines to appeal Judge Powell's dismissal of Cedar Land Farms suit over subdivision ordinance compliance. The board sought a declaratory judgment on powers to compel compliance. Cedar Land Farms argues it was exempt as preexisting before the 1971 ordinance.
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Tazewell County
Board of Supervisors
Tazewell
Robert Powell
Cedar Land Farms Inc
Cedar Land Farms
Powell
Council
Civil Service Rollback Upheld by West Virginia Court
West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld the 1977 Legislature rollback of Moore era civil service orders that moved thousands of state jobs under protection before 1977. The ruling affirmed legislative power to abolish civil service positions, citing limits from a 1976 Supreme Court decision. It centered on John Baker of the Office of Federal State Relations, whose position was dissolved by 1977 reorganization, with the Civil Service Commission ruling upheld.
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Charleston
W.va
State Supreme Court
Arch A. Moore Jr
High Court
U.S. Supreme Court
John D. Baker
Baker
Moore
Governor's Office
Federal State Relations
Jay Rockefeller
Office of Federal State
Baker's
State Civil Service Commission
Supreme Court
Soviet Courts Exile Two Jewish Activists in Russia
In Moscow two leading Jewish activists, Vladimir Slepak and Ida Nudel, were ordered by Soviet courts to exile in remote regions of Russia for protesting the government’s refusal to allow emigration to Israel. The trials were conducted separately and closed, according to friends and relatives.
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Moscow
Russia
Ment
Israel
Vladimir Slepak
Ida Nudel
U.S
Slepak
Miss Nudel
Yuri Brind
Zinovy Rashkovsky
Jimmy Carter
White House
London
Miss Nadel
Carter repeats human rights stance at OAS meeting
President Carter urged Western nations to face costs for repressing human rights while addressing the Organization of American States in Washington. He linked progress on canal treaties to broader hemispheric disputes and urged peaceful settlements, noting several countries have eased repression and released political prisoners in the past year.
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Washington
Carter
United States
Organization of American States
OAS
Panama
Hemisphere
Latin America
OAS inter-American Commission On Human Rights
State fire marshal vows action on Mercer schools
Final report in a fire safety series notes the state fire marshal warns Mercer schools will be corrected or closed if violations persist. The item reflects a strict approach to school safety and enforcement.
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Mercer
Transfer Order Sparks Church Standoff in Spencer WV
In Spencer West Virginia the United Methodist Conference may sue to remove Rev. Carl Dodrill from St. John's United Methodist Church after a transfer he refuses. Dodrill says he remains assigned there, has ten years at the church, and will continue duties. Parishioners back him, while Bishop Wertz assigns pastors for the conference.
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Dodrill
Sutton
Basil Hensley
Spencer
William Beard
Frederick Wertz
Charleston
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U.S. Senate
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Pipestein
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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